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	Loading the cpuid module creates the nodes <tt>/dev/cpu/*/cpuid</tt>. Good commands for breaking down cpuid data include <tt>cpuid</tt> and Dave Jones's <tt>x86info</tt>. /proc/cpuinfo (checked as of 2.6.25-rc3) ~~will display a "cpuid_level" field~~ for each processor in the system. There's an Intel ~~document~~ about using cpuid effectively, although it's given short shrift at [http://www.rcollins.org/ddj/Sep96/Sep96.html this page].		Loading the cpuid module creates the nodes <tt>/dev/cpu/*/cpuid</tt>. Good commands for breaking down cpuid data include <tt>cpuid</tt> and Dave Jones's <tt>x86info</tt>. A "cpuid_level" field can be found in <tt>/proc/cpuinfo</tt> (checked as of 2.6.25-rc3) for each processor in the system. There's Intel and AMD documents about using cpuid effectively, although they're given short shrift at [http://www.rcollins.org/ddj/Sep96/Sep96.html this page].

	==Availability of cpuid==		==Availability of cpuid==